Car-door seal.



J. W. RUMSEY & W. H. SHBASBY.

' CAB DOOR SEAL.

APPLICATION FILED T11R25, 1913.

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JAMES W. RUMSEY AND WILLIAM H. SHEASBY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Nov. 11, 1913.

Application filed'February 25, 19 13. i Serial No. 750,534.

To all whom, it may concern: 7

Be it known tliatwe, JAMES W. RUMsnY and WILLIAM, H. SI-IEASBY, citizensof the United States, and residents of Chicago, county of Cook, andState of 1llinois,'have inventedcertain new and useful Improvem cnts inCar-Door Seals, of which the following is a full and clearspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in wh1ch it Flgurel s a front elevatlon of a freightcar door lockwit-h ourseal in place, the sealing devices being shown in vertical section;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof; Fig. 3 is a side elevation of thesealing rivet; Fig. 4c is an end elevat1on thereof; and Flg. 5 1s ahorizontal transverse section taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2. l

The object of this invention is not only to extremely simplify thesealing means but also provide a sealing means which will render itimpossible to open the car door withoutabsolutely destroying the seal,as more fully hereinafter set forth.

A further object is to provide a sealing device which when once brokenwill be impossible of renewal or restoration to even a semblance of itsoriginal appearance, thus doing away with a very serious troubleincident to the use of practically all the seals now on the market, thistrouble being due to the scheme of restoring the sealing device to atleast a semblance of its original self 7 after it has been broken byevil disposed per sons, this restoration of the seal giving to it anappearance of integrity and thus delaying investigation until it ispractically too late to trace the crime, as more fully hereinafter setforth.

In the drawing a designates a part of a car door, 6 a keeper or lockstop fastened thereto, 0 a lock bolt carried by a handle (Z pivoted at eto a lock casing f, these parts being preferably constructed as shown inmy copending application Serial Number Yd-7,965. The handle (Z, when thebolt 0 is in looking relation depends and lies in a channel formed inthe casing f, and when the door is to be unlocked the handle (Z is swungupwardly on its pivot e. The handle (Z is provided with: a slot 9 nearits lower end and when it is in its locked position a lug h aflixed tothe lock casing f (this casing being rigidly carried by the door)projects through this slot 9 and extends beyond the outer face of thehandle. A corresponding lug i is carried by the handle and so locatedthereon that when the handle is in its locking position said lug 2' willlie closely along side the lug h. The inner wall y'of the lug 2' liesaptally throughthe stationary lug h is a hole which at the end adjacentthe lug z' is laterally enlarged.

The sealing device consists of a soft metal rivet Z adapted tosubstantially fit the hole or passage through the lug h and having itsinner end split or notched or otherwise so constructed as to spreadlaterally when the rivet is forced against the anvil lug i. Ad-

jacent to the outer end of the rivet" is integrally affixed a flange ordisk m, this disk being set back from the outer end ofthe rivet so as toleave a part a projecting beyond the disk and centrally from the same.To seal the lock handle in its locking posi tion it is simply necessaryto hammer the rivet inwardly against the anvil-lug suflioiently tospread the inner end of the rivet laterally to the enlarged part of therivethole. This action will bring the flange is against the outer faceof the stationary lug 7i and thus lock the handle down. The projectingpart it serves as a hammering head, enabling the rivet to be driven homewithout breaking or disfiguring the disk m, thereby enabling the outerface of this disk to be used for the reception of the scaling insignia,as shown in Fig. 2. To unlock the door it is simply necessary to swingthe han dle outwardly and upwardly with sufiicient force to shear offthe head of the rivet, this head consisting of course of the disk m andthe hammering head a.

The lugs h and '5 are also provided with registering holes for thereception of the wire of the ordinary seals now extensively used, theobject of this provision being to enable the door to be locked in theusual manner should the car he on a road not equipped with our specialsealing device.

As shown in Fig. 6 the blind or anvil lug may be provided with a conicalprojection 0 which will assist in the spreading of the abutting end ofthe rivet. When this projection is used it will be understood of coursethat the stationary lug It will need to be provided with a notch 79 topermit the passage of this projection when the handle is raised.

Having thus described our invention,what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a car door sealing means, a stationary member 011 the door, amovable locking and unlocking member mounted on the door a pair of lugsone mounted on each of said members, said lugs lying side by side whenthe door is locked, one of said lugs having an anvil face and the otherof said lugs beingprovided with a hole or passage registering with saidface, and a sealing rivet of soft metal having a spreadable inner endand a projecting outer end, said projecting end being provided with aseal receiving disk.

2. In a car door sealing means, a stationary member on the door, amovable locking and unlocking member mounted on the door,

a pair of lugs one mounted on each of said members, said lugs lying sideby side when the door is locked, one of said lugs having an anvil faceand the other of said lugs being provided with a hole or passageregistering with said face, and a sealing rivet of soft metal having aspreadable inner end and a headed outer end, the headed end consistingof a disk adapted to fit against the adjacent face of the lug and aprojecting 3o knob.

3. In a device of the class set forth, a stationary member carried bythe door and carrying a rigid lug having a passage formed through it, amovable locking member carried by the door and having an anvil faceadapted to lie across one end of said hole and a shearing edge lyingclose to the opposite face of said lug and adapted to sweep the face ofsaid lug, and a soft metal seal- 40 ing rivet adapted to be driven intosaid passage against said anvil face, the inner end of the rivet beingadapted to be spread to lock the rivet in the hole and the outer end ofthe rivet being adapted to projectbeyond the shearing face of the lug.

In testimony whereof we hereunto affix our signatures in the presence oftwo witnesses this 17th day of Feby. 1913.

JAMES IV. RUMSEY. IVM. H. SHEASBY. Witnesses: V

H. J. Boa, J IV. TAYLOR, Jr.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

